Peace's Orkney almanac and county directory . was scarcely any meal in theisland at the time, gloomy pictures of famine filled their troubled soon sympathy for the shipwrecked ones overcame every otherconsideration ; and one by one they descended the steep path to helpup their unfortunate sisters, carrying their children for them, and wel-coming them to the shelter of their humble cottages, and a share ofsuch fare as they possessed. Every cottage in the island was crowded,and the two little churches and a schoolhouse were turned into temporarydormitories.—From Art Rambles in Shetland
Peace's Orkney almanac and county directory . was scarcely any meal in theisland at the time, gloomy pictures of famine filled their troubled soon sympathy for the shipwrecked ones overcame every otherconsideration ; and one by one they descended the steep path to helpup their unfortunate sisters, carrying their children for them, and wel-coming them to the shelter of their humble cottages, and a share ofsuch fare as they possessed. Every cottage in the island was crowded,and the two little churches and a schoolhouse were turned into temporarydormitories.—From Art Rambles in Shetland, by John T. Raid. That dismal scene ! it haunts me now— I see the cruel rockAnd mark the fierce and swooping seas, That with convulsive shock,Shattered her massive heams asunder,That rent as with a crush of thunder! All me!—no human arm could aid—Her crew from deck and shroud Are whelmd into the foaming brine;And oer the tempest loud Was heard the seamans drowning cry, His last faint shriek of agony.—Gamma. 1874 Almanac Wreck of the Lessing, of Bremen, at Skeldie Cliff, Fair Isle. 76 Peaces Orkney and Shetland 1874 .A. SIHUETL^HSriD WIEZDZDinSTGh yj EFOEE describing a Shetland wedding, we may step aside into a cottageJi) by the banks of a quiet voe in the parish of Walls. The family of our^5 humble heroine, Mary, whom the occasion has invested with a temporaryimportance, is awaiting the visit of her Jamie, who is coming that nightto speer for her. The house and its inmates are in the best of order; andwhile all are seated round the fire, a tap is heard at the door, which is opened bythe youngest member of the family, who, by dint of listening and reasoning, hasformed a pretty correct idea of what is about to take place. In walks Jamie,remarkably confused. He does not know what to say, or where to look; but ifhe can at all manage, he makes an awkward sally on the floor, and slips a smallbundle into a bos-bed which stands opposite the door—a bundle which
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